1.5-litre SkyActiv new Mazda MX-5
Posted on 21-03-2014 at 8:18 by sir_smokalot – 19 Comments”
In the run-up to its unveiling in 2015, there is scant new details about the fourth-generation Mazda MX-5. The iconic Roadster will get its smallest engine ever.
Under the hood is a 1.5 SkyActiv, which also recently in the Mazda3 was stopped, so says Autocar to be sure (please note, the same source spoke earlier of a 1.3 turbo, so take a look how serious you take it). There delivers the block of 100 hp and 140 Nm, because Mazda is not holy in turbo’s believes. However, the question is whether there is in the MX-5 is not a feeder screw must be, because otherwise, the car seems to be the risk quite underpowered.
On the other hand: if Mazda the weight to an absolute minimum, know the limit, and the specs in the neighborhood of the current 1.8-beginners, why not? We can imagine that the developers are major objections against (never in the MX-5 applied) etc. In addition to the 1.5 is also possible to have the 2.0 SkyActiv in the MX-5, which also as Fiat-Chrysler model, but probably not as Alpha.
Like I said, sometime next year by rolling out the 4th generation in Hiroshima of the band, but for the moment is will the auto show of New York in april, yet equally well be extracted with the MX-5, which this year its 25th birthday. Jay Leno gave here in February, all attention.
If you motoriseringen but to min, then nothing stands in the way for a larger engine in to scoop up, of course. You can laugh.
Update: there are rumors that Mazda in New York is already the chassis of the new MX-5 will demonstrate.
Photo: Mazda MX-5 Superlight concept, 2009
Gallery: Frankfurt 2009 Mazda MX5 SuperLight
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Gallery: Mazda MX-5 Superlight Version
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